GlassNet

Study in the
gaps.

GlassNet keeps a deck of flashcards drifting quietly through your menu bar, dressed up as a list of nearby networks. Click one, write down what you think it means, then find out.

Buy for $2.99 See how it works

One-time purchase · macOS 14 or later · No account, no subscription

Click a network below to study it

GlassNet

Known Network

Unknown Networks

    Nothing studied yet

    Nothing is marked right or wrong

    A string comparison can’t tell “the thigh bone” from “longest bone in the leg”. So GlassNet doesn’t try. You write your answer, read the real one, and say which it was.

    1. A card drifts past

      Cards arrive and leave on their own schedule, one to six on screen. Nothing beeps, nothing badges, nothing asks for your attention.

    2. You write what it means

      The password prompt is the recall. Typing an answer from memory is the part that does the work, which is why there’s no button to skip it.

    3. You grade yourself

      A tick or a cross under the definition. Cards you miss come back sooner and more often; cards you’ve proven get a rest.

    Nine decks ready, or write your own

    Install up to three at a time from the library. Removing one frees a slot, so the menu never turns into a filing cabinet.

    A card is a term and a definition. That’s the whole model — the term becomes the network name you see, the definition is what unlocks. The editor holds every deck you write, and built-in decks can be duplicated and rewritten without touching the original.

    • Anatomy18 cards
    • Psych Nursing18 cards
    • Swift Basics18 cards
    • Psych Terms18 cards
    • Clothing Brands18 cards
    • Jewellers18 cards
    • Spanish30 sentences
    • German30 sentences
    • Dutch30 sentences
    • Yourshowever many

    Learn a drive before you take it

    Enter a start and a destination. GlassNet turns the route into a deck — every turn in order, with distances and towns, ending on a card that just says End.

    Built on Apple Maps, so there’s no account and nothing is sent anywhere else. It’s a desk tool: learn the turns at home instead of glancing at a phone at speed.

    1. I-278 EastRuns for 3.4 mi · Brooklyn, Kings County
    2. Exit 28 — Tillary StKeep right at the fork
    3. Flatbush AvenueRuns for 1.1 mi · Fort Greene
    4. Grand Army PlazaThird exit at the roundabout
    5. EndTotal 5.8 mi, about 18 minutes

    Four backgrounds, none of them photographs

    Every tree, headstone and ornament is placed by a seeded generator and redrawn each frame. They animate — light shifts, snow falls, a bare tree sways — and they add nothing to the download.

    Default
    Harvest
    All Hallows
    Yule

    Your decks never leave your Mac

    No account. No sync. No analytics. Route planning is the only feature that touches the network, and it talks to Apple Maps. Everything else works with the Wi-Fi off — which, given the icon, feels only fair.

    $2.99

    One-time purchase. Free updates.

    Buy GlassNet
    • macOS 14 Sonoma or later
    • Apple silicon and Intel
    • Signed and notarised
    • Refund within 14 days, no questions

    Bought once, yours

    GlassNet is a small tool that does one thing, so it’s priced like one. There’s no tier above this and nothing behind a paywall — every deck, every theme and route learning are all included.

    If it doesn’t fit how you study, write and I’ll refund you. I’d rather that than have it sitting unused in your menu bar.